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The new 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid and the 2014 Acura MDX will serve as the parade pace car and sound car leading the Wells Fargo theme banner float dedicated to the theme, “Dreams Come True,” and will open the parade.

1. United States Air Force Thunderbirds Flyover

The official air demonstration team of the U.S. Air Force celebrated its 60th year in 2013. The flyover will be the first official public performance since the Thunderbirds were grounded in April due to the sequester.

2. Wells Fargo’s Opening Show

Five independently powered satellite units featuring music and dancers represent iconic moments in history and those who, in following their dreams, altered the course of history: the Model T era with Henry Ford and ragtime music; Charles Lindbergh’s first transatlantic flight in the Spirit of St. Louis, and jazz and flapper dancers; Rosie the Riveter and the 1940s big band sound; Neil Armstrong walking on the moon and 1960s rock ’n’ roll; and the digital age represented by a DJ spinning on top of a circuit board with hip hop music and dancers.

3. Grand Marshal Vin Scully

The voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers will ride in a 1950 Oldsmobile 98 Coupe Convertible, owned by Dave and Louise Munyon and decorated by FTD.

4. American Honda

Keeping Dreams on Track

American Honda’s 300-foot-long float depicts historic and traditional forms of transportation. The float also will feature two large video screens as cameras capture fans along the route and project them onto the screens, allowing the parade viewers to feel as if they are riding on a Rose Parade float. The music was created specifically for the float by six-time Grammy Award winner Daniel Ho.

5. U.S. Marine Corps Mounted Color Guard

Six Marines will be riding wild mustangs from the Bureau of Land Management’s Adopt a Horse and Burro Program. These riders make up the only remaining mounted color guard in today’s Marine Corps and have been leading the Rose Parade since 1986.

6. U.S. Marine Corps West Coast Composite Band

This 106-member band is composed of musicians from the 1st Marine Division Band at Camp Pendleton, the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Band at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, and Marine Band San Diego.

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7. Western Asset Management Co.

So Close, Yet Safari Away

This animated float celebrates this spirit and the opportunity to dream through adventure, natural wonder and exploration. The scene includes two gazelle flanked by giraffes near savannah treetops, and a mother and baby elephant making their way to the watering hole where a hippopotamus and a crane are above the water floating in front of the float. The rear of the float hosts two lions perched atop a mound. Underneath the live running waterfall, two antelope survey the land while two gibbon monkeys hang out in the trees.

8. Spirit of the West Riders

Phil Spangenberger’s equestrian entry represents the men and women of the Old West from about 1840 to 1920. The group was originally formed for the 1991 Rose Parade and was made up of friends who had worked together in Wild West shows, films and other Western entertainments. The 16 quarter horses are representative of the horses of this period in the American West, as are the diverse costumes of the riders.

9. City of Glendale

Let’s Be Neighbors

Marking Glendale’s 100th parade appearance, the float features several of the city’s native inhabitants including the California mule deer, red-tailed hawk, coyote, North American raccoon, striped skunk, western gray squirrel, American goldfinch and the California black bear – represented here by Glendale’s most famous wildlife resident, Meatball the Bear, all dreaming to live in harmony with the city’s human residents.

10. Hawai’i All State Marching Band Na Koa Ali’i

This 366-member band consists of musicians from 40 state schools, both private and public. Their attire include black pants with knee-length ‘ili hau (a wrapped skirt) and a long-sleeved Kaumana-print aloha custom shirt. Each member also will be adorned with green fern haku-style head lei, as well as fern leis on the wrists. The shirts are in rainbow colors and the band will be arranged so that when the band is seen side to side or from above, it looks like a marching rainbow. Front dancers will appear in traditional Tahitian style outfits with long red skirts, adorned in shell lei and the unique Tahitian style feathered headpiece with a beautiful mother of pearl. Other hula dancers will appear in Hula Auana hula style, yellow hau skirts with bright yellow tops, and yellow hibiscus hairpiece with traditional kupe’e and lei. Hand implements for Tahitian dancers are called i’i (“e-e”) and hula dancers perform with colorful feathered uli uli (“oo-lee, oo-lee”).

11. Dole

Sunrise at the Oasis

Once again, Dole’s entry arouses all the senses. Nested in the lush backdrop of tropical flowers is a procession of life-like camels, bedecked in floral jewels, carrying elaborately decorated Howdahs laden with treasures of gold, precious gems, tapestries of woven silk and rich fragrant spices. Readied to head out as the sun rises and the oasis awakens from its majestic dreams and beckon the traveler’s adieu. Graceful palm trees, laden in dendrobium and Cattleya orchids, frame waterfalls that gently cascade through mist-draped gardens into tranquil azure pools of water. Nesting white peacocks, whimsical monkeys, realistic elephants and majestic tigers demand attention as they awaken to the morning in the mist-draped gardens. Fresh, healthy fruits, grown and provided by Dole, are featured throughout. Costumed performers flank the sides of the float at street level to dancing to onboard music.

12. Tournament of Roses President

R. Scott Jenkins and family sit atop the red, white and gold 1903 Studebaker-built beer wagon pulled by the world-famous Budweiser Clydesdales, who last appeared in the parade in 2011. Jenkins is joined by wife Cindy, daughters Lindsay and Courtney, son-in-law Garrett, his mother, Phyllis, and in-laws Sherm and Marge. This is the first year the Clydesdales, in their 58th appearance, will not be pulling a float. Instead, they’re considered an equestrian unit. The Clydesdales became corporate symbols in 1933 when they delivered cases of Budweiser to celebrate the repeal of Prohibition. The first Dalmation joined the team in 1950 after the opening of the Newark Brewery. Each horse requires five hours of pre-parade primping prior to being hitched.

13. Donate Life

Light Up the World

This festival of lanterns illuminates how dreams are inspired by the compassion, courage and life-changing experiences of organ, eye and tissue donors and recipients. The lanterns illuminate 30 riders – organ and tissue transplant recipients – and 12 living kidney donors walking on foot to demonstrate their vitality post-donation. Five beautiful lamps are adorned with 81 memorial floragraph portraits of deceased donors. The riders are seated throughout a dedication garden filled with thousands of roses bearing personal messages of love, hope and remembrance.

14. Sierra Madre Rose Float Association

Catching the Big One

Three lady fishermen are out for a little fun and fishing when they get the catch of a lifetime. The Sierra Madre Princesses ride as the lady fishermen. This year’s float is dedicated to longtime friend and volunteer Doug, who died in 2013. The all-volunteer association has been a part of the parade since 1917.

15. Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High School Marching Band

This 219-member ensemble – wearing Columbia blue, navy and silver, including a baby blue shako and plume to represent the Bluebonnets of Texas – hail from one of the youngest schools in San Antonio. Only in its fifth year, the band has already received several awards.

16. Farmers Insurance

Thank a Million Teachers

Studious owls represent different aspects of education on this float dedicated to teachers. As part of the insurance company’s recently launched Thank a Million Teachers initiative, the float recognizes every teacher for the difference they make every day and the dreams they help inspire.

17. Wells Fargo

Equestrian

Wells Fargo’s history in California goes back to the Gold Rush days. The first Pasadena branch opened in April 1885 on Fair Oaks Avenue. While the original stagecoaches were from the Abbott-Downing Co. of New Hampshire, those are now in museums and replicas are used for public appearances. Clothes worn by the Wells Fargo team are typical for the mid- to late 19th-century. The hitch of 10 is made up of quarter horses and mustangs.

18. Singpoli Group

Connecting Cultures, Delivering Dreams

The Pasadena-based small business’ entry depicts a dream scene inspired by Chinese legend, featuring the “tianma” or “heavenly steeds” that soar over golden rooftops and lush gardens. Tianma are eastern counterparts of the western Pegasus. They represent Singpoli’s dream of bringing eastern and western cultures together in harmony and prosperity. According to legend, tianma were the swiftest and most beautiful of horses. They became the favorite mounts of the emperor and the Chinese court. The design also features graceful Chinese cranes (symbols of longevity) and fanciful lotus blossoms (symbols of purity and perfection).

19. Pasadena City College Herald Trumpets

This team of nine trumpeters and a percussionist have introduced the Royal Court since the 1970s. More than 70 high school trumpeters and 30 snare musicians from throughout Southern California auditioned for the ensemble.

20. Macy’s

Presenting the Royal Court

The 96th Tournament of Roses Rose Queen Ana Marie Acosta and the six princesses of Royal Court ride in a beautifully decorated float featuring more than 6,000 roses.

21. Liberty High School Grenadier Band

This 249-piece band from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, was established in 1926 but didn’t make an appearance in the Rose Parade until 2009. This year’s group features 27 students who had a sibling march in the band’s first appearance. And eight students had family members march in previous Rose Parades with other high school bands from Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley.

22. The New Buffalo Soldiers

The goal of this unit is to educate the public about the contributions of black men on the frontier of the American West. Serving their country post-Civil War and disbanded only well into the mid-20th century, this organization recreates the lives and deeds of Company H, Tenth Regiment of the United States Cavalry, between 1867 through World War I. The group was founded by Dr. John Mapp in 1992 to be a living historical group. The uniforms are typical of those of the 1800s and the saddles are Army-regulation McClellans. One of the horses is Charlene, a black Missouri Foxtrotter, whose rider is blacksmith C.F. Brown, a member since 1992.

23. La Cañada Flintridge Tournament of Roses Association

Dog Gone

This is a dream come true for five puppies. An escape by Shasta, Gunnar, Gypsy, Morgan and Winston is an adventure for these neighborhood dogs aboard a 1930s truck belonging to dogcatcher Steve from the Humane Society. Five members of the association paid a donation for the privilege of naming the dogs after their own mascots, past and present. Another local resident and past board member of the Pasadena Humane Society also made a contribution to name the dogcatcher after the CEO of the Pasadena Humane Society.

24. Nagoya Minami High School Green Band

All the way from Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, this 127-piece band’s motto, “The Sound of Nagoya Minami Resounds in the Heart,” encourages them in their daily practice to inject every sound and ordinary activity with feeling in order to create music that reaches the hearts of audiences.

25. City of Hope

Turning Hope & Dreams into Reality

This float features three “The Wishing Trees” that can be found on campus at the world renowned hospital that celebrated 100 years in 2013. The trees are a place where patients, visitors and well wishers may place their wish on a tag for the world to see. The colorful tags that adorn each tree will contain a wish from patrons, patients and supporters of one of the leading cancer research centers in the county.

26. City of South Pasadena

Intergalactic Vacation

In the association’s 123rd entry in the parade, the float features a whimsical interpretation of a childhood dream of going to outer space. A family is posing for a photo op with an alien photographer on a hoverboard with the earth in the distant background while other explorers take in the scenery. The main float will be joined by a satellite float that will represent a 1950s style rocket ship towing a teardrop trailer.

27. Dobyns-Bennett High School Marching Indian Band

This 350-member band from Kingsport, Tennessee, performed at the 2013 Presidential Inaugural Parade and is appearing in the Rose Parade for the third time.

28. Stella Rosa Wines

Stellabrate Good Times

The Los Angeles wine company celebrates an inaugural parade appearance and the new year with a grand disco party featuring Grammy-winning KC and The Sunshine Band performing live from an oversized floral bus. Party-goers and dancers on the bus and alongside the float boogey down to the funk and disco music as bottles of Stella Rosa bubbly wine and all the required party favors follow the bus.

29. Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament

These pure Spanish stallions, also known as Andalusians, were originally bred for royalty in the 11th century. They are now born and raised at the Medieval Times Chapel Creek Ranch in Sanger, Texas. Andalusians have been used for many purposes, including bull fights and carrying riders into battle. Their beautiful heads reflect their noble heritage. These horses start their training when they are about 2 years old and, in their late teens, return to a leisurely retirement on the ranch in Texas. Guests at the dinner theater root for one of six Knights of the Realm during this presentation of the Middle Ages, but many guests just focus on the horses and horsemanship of their riders. Costumes for both horses and riders are based on authentic designs from the medieval period.

30. K9s4Cops

Working Together for Safer Communities

The nonprofit dedicates its inaugural Rose Parade float to the heroic law enforcement K9 units across America and to the men and women who serve and protect their communities. Sitting atop a bed of roses is a larger-than-life K9 that resembles the group’s mascot, a king shepherd, Johnny Cash. Founder Kristi Schiller and her family will be joined by selected officers and deputies with their K9s by their side, selected from the more than 50 K9s that have been gifted throughout the country during the group’s two-and-a-half years.

31. Miracle-Gro

Grow Something Greater

Welcome to a backyard and edible dream garden overflowing with vegetables, fruits and flowers in this float – all set next to a dream outdoor kitchen and social area where friends and family gather to enjoy the fruits of their labor. The float theme illustrates the notion that when edibles and plants are grown, so are stronger connections, healthier outlooks, greater purpose and more imagination. Everyone’s backyard, windowsill, stoop or balcony can be transformed into a garden paradise full of beautiful flowers and bountiful fruits and vegetables.

32. Salvation Army Tournament of Roses Band

With 125 years of serving the community, the 190-piece Pasadena Tabernacle Band is celebrating its 120th birthday this year and its 94th Rose Parade appearance. The band features two youths from each division across the U.S. and Canada to march with SoCal Salvation Army musicians. Also taking part this year is a guest Salvation Army youth band from Southern Australia.

33. Valley Hunt Club

Traditional hunt attire is worn by members of this Pasadena group that first appeared in the Rose Parade in 1890. The handsome steeds are Fresians, their ancestors originally from a province in the Netherlands, but these huge beauties were bred and raised in Visalia. They will be hitched to an 1868 C.P. Kimball and Company Park Drag Carriage.

34. Kiwanis International

Bridging Children’s Dreams

This organization gives youth a bridge to help them reach their dreams and keep them on the right path. The international Kiwanis president is a bridge builder, and that is the theme for the year. “Bridging Children’s Dreams” is a scene taken out of the forest. A bridge crosses over a creek and leads to a mount that houses majestic trees. Signs of wilderness adorn the float with an owl, butterflies, a deer and an eagle departing from high atop one of the trees.

35. Michigan State University

This will be the Spartans’ fifth Rose Bowl appearance.

36. Michigan State University Spartan Marching Band

37. Norco Cowgirls Rodeo Drill Team

This group of eight to 12 horsewomen, riding American Paint or quarter horses, is out to have fun, build friendships, continue to improve and excel in horsemanship and to represent Norco as Horsetown USA. They were formed in 2008 and practice twice weekly under the direction of Mychon Bowen.They are proud supporters of the Challenged Children’s Rodeo and take miniature horses to and participate in these events. They also are active in the “Tough Enough to Wear Pink” breast cancer campaign.

38. Beverly Hills Pet Care Foundation

Loving Dreams … Adopt a Shelter Pet

Rotating floral-graphs depict shelter pets awaiting adoption making dreams come true for them and their “forever” families. Set in a rose garden filled with joyful hearts and bursting with love, dreams do come true for those who adopt shelter pets. Trees intertwine an arbor to support rotating colorful 6-foot-wide by 8-foot-tall floral-graphs of an adorable puppy, kitten, dog and cat looking for their “forever” homes. There is a loving rescue pet out there for everyone. The Beverly Hills Pet Foundation holds pet adoption events four times a year in Beverly Hills city parks. Occurring in the winter, spring, summer and fall, the time is always right to give a well-deserving rescue pet a secure home, ecstatic happiness and a heart filled with love.

39. Pasadena City College Tournament of Roses Honor Band

This 235-member band is the official band of the Tournament of Roses and has appeared in every Rose Parade since 1930. The band will perform a special arrangement of this year’s opening production music along with “When You Wish Upon a Star,” and the famous British march “Colonel Bogey” which celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2014.

40. Mayor of Pasadena, Bill Bogaard

Mayor Bogaard and his wife, Claire, and their grandchildren, Cristina, Elisabeth, Jeremiah, Jon Slava and Liesl, ride a 1913 Moreland Hose Wagon, owned and restored by Burbank Firefighters Muster and Historical Club. The wagon served L.A. County Fire until 1923 and was the Warner Bros. Studios fire engine for 12 years. Following behind is Pasadena Fire’s own 1909 Seagrave Chemical Engine, affectionately known as the “Old Rig.” The 1899 American Metropolitan, pulled by horses courtesy of G & F Carriages, rounds the trio. This apparatus served the Los Angeles Fire Department from 1899 to 1921. It was sold in 1924 to MGM Studios where it was featured in many movies.

41. Trader Joe’s

Relish Your Dreams

A giant cheese and relish platter is transformed into a bustling cityscape with 40-foot-tall “cheese-scrapers” erected upon grand blue-and-white bowls that are connected via a grand cheese-carved suspension bridge with olive-topped trusses. At the front of the float, an olive “helicopter” circles a tower of cheese. Driving alongside the giant platter is a “pickle car,” complete with wheels crackers, cheese and olives.

42. Kaiser Permanente

First Steps to Total Health

Mr. Stork is joyfully making special deliveries on New Year’s morning. Having just tucked in three flourishing babies into a rocking cradle, he is headed to his next delivery. Happily pushing a stroller of rambunctious but precious bundles of joy (adults dressed in over-sized costumed heads), he excitedly flaps his wings and turns his head from side to side to better view his wards.

43. Martinez Family

This will be the 32nd appearance of the Martinez family, riding in traditional Charro attire. The horses are various breeds, including Andalusians, Friesian, palominos and quarter horses. The group uses hand-stitched Mexican saddles with silver horns and the women ride side-saddle. The Martinez family devotes their performances to honor Jesus Christ and their faith.

44. Stanford University Cardinal

This west coast team makes a back-to-back appearance in the Rose Bowl. The school’s history with the game dates to the first one, which was played in 1902.

45. Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band

46. City of Alhambra

Monster Truck

It would be a child’s dream come true to have a monster truck with a real monster aboard. In the city’s 86th Rose Parade entry, the 17-foot tall float features a larger-than-life monster truck with four multi-colored monsters excited about their ride down Colorado Boulevard.

47. Torrance Rose Float Association

Everyone Plays

In partnership with the American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO), the city’s float celebrates two milestones: AYSO’s 50th anniversary and the city’s historic landmark of 100 years since its first Rose Parade float entry in 1914. Cobi Jones, a former USA and L.A. Galaxy soccer star who started as an AYSO player, will be joined by a current AYSO player and parent aboard the float. The famed Futboleros, the “Harlem Globetrotters of soccer,” will perform soccer skills and tricks, alongside the float.

48. War Horse Foundation

The 14 horses representing the War Horse Foundation are “four-footed ambassadors of history,” especially military history. They, and the organization, help educate the public about famous cavalry regiments throughout the world. Different outfits signify different units from the past. Most of the horses are Arabians, but other breeds are used as appropriate. Plus, the horses will be wearing breast collars with brass hearts, a tradition that dates back to the Middle Ages.

49. Rose Bowl Game Hall of Fame Inductees

The Tournament of Roses honors the latest Rose Bowl Hall of Fame inductees, riding in a 1939 Cadillac Convertible Coupe. This Cadillac, representing the Art Deco period, has been restored by owners Loren and Shawna Burch.

50. Westfield High School Marching Bulldogs

This 275-piece band from Chantilly, Virginia, is a multi-cultural group, featuring a combination of 15 cultural backgrounds. The students work together to bridge any gaps and differences to make the making of music its fundamental mission.

51. NBC’s “The Voice”

Singing the Dream

Dreams will come true for the newly crowned season 5 winner as they perform an original song during the parade aboard a float that brings the experience of NBC’s hit series “The Voice” to life – from the spinning “I Want You” chair to the massive hand grasping the mic.

52. Hermanos Bañuelos Charro Team

The Chino-based group is composed of brothers, cousins and friends who are professional Mexican charros. Their mission is to promote horsemanship, animal welfare, and the opportunity for children and adults to experience horses. Each of the 13 horses is owned by his rider and the costumes are authentic for charro riders. These amazing horses are mostly American quarter horses, known for their speed and agility while working cattle.

53. Cal Poly Universities

Bedtime Buccaneers

A young brother and sister sail the mighty seas of their imagination in search of their dream, a bountiful treasure. A bed is their sturdy ship and their toys and pets are magical creatures of the waters. Students from the Pomona and San Luis Obispo campuses design, build, engineer, finance and decorate their own volunteer entry.

54. Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy, Republic of Indonesia

Wonderful Indonesia

The float showcases the beautiful lush landscape, native statues and architecture of Indonesia. An orangutan playfully hangs off of trees in the back, while two vibrantly hued red and yellow birds of paradise perch atop the lush landscape and two Komodo dragons perch at the front of the float. The front is representative of the island of East Borneo, the third largest in the world and the largest island of Asia. It showcases a jellyfish, stingray, sea turtle and various fish native to the region. Also displayed are the beautiful lush jungle landscape and the underwater wonders and ocean reefs of Indonesia. Four young ladies from the Miss Tourism and the Tourism Diplomat of Indonesia ride the float. Their mission is to bring Indonesian culture to the world. Dancers alongside the float perform the Hudog Dance, a ritual dance by the Dayaks used to drive away the devil from disturbing rice fields before harvest. The Carnival Dancers will be wearing costumes representing the fauna and flora of Borneo.

55. Rosemount High School Marching Band

This 208-member band from Rosemount, Minnesota, toured San Juan and Ponce in Puerto Rico in early 2013. They performed with Banda Escolar De Guayanilla, who marched in the 2012 Rose Parade.

56. Harlem Globetrotters

Bucket Blakes, Stretch Middleton, Flight Time Lang, Slick Willie Shaw and Wun “The Shot” Versher will entertain everyone with their ball-handling wizardry, basketball artistry and family entertainment. The Original Harlem Globetrotters are celebrating their 88th consecutive year entertaining fans.

57. Shriners Hospitals for Children

Love to the Rescue

Teddy bears are a symbol of comfort and love, especially to children including our patients receiving care at any of the 23 Shriners Hospitals for Children locations. Love to the rescue comes to life through the representation of the Teddy bear with a cape. The Teddy bear is also wearing a fez, which represents Shriners International, the fraternity that founded and continues to operate the health care system.

58. Downey Rose Float Association

The Glass Slipper

This self-built float features a ballroom playing on the classic fairytale, Cinderella and the glass slipper. The classic story plays on every little girl’s dream to meet her prince. Miss Downey Jessica Aguirre and princesses Parisa Geshti, Taly Argueta, Ada Hernandez and Jessica Mendez ride aboard.

59. Scripps Miramar Saddlebreds

Nine horses will appear in this unit, headed by ranch owner Michele Macfarlane. Several of the horses are American Saddlebred horses and also American Indian horses. There will be others, including two registered miniature horses. The opulent costumes will represent the Year of the Horse in the 12-year cycle of the Asian Zodiac.

60. Burbank Tournament of Roses Association

Lights! Camera! Action!

In this movie scene, Dillon the Villain, having stolen the train from town, after tying Melodrama Melody, our heroine, to the tracks, has the deed to the ranch but now wants to carry out his revenge. On his trusty steed, Cassidy, Duke is riding to the rescue of his lady love, Melody. Choo Choo Charlie, the engineer, is trying furiously to catch Dillon. All as the “director” – real director, producer and writer Garry Marshall – looks on from his chair. In 1997, together with his daughter Kathleen, Marshall followed his dream by building the Falcon Theatre, a 130-seat live performance space in Burbank.

61. Glendora Tartan Band and Pageantry

Making their ninth appearance, this 181-piece band from the east San Gabriel Valley will celebrate the 50th anniversary of their first Rose Parade performance in 1964. The band has been wearing Royal Stewart Plaid since the school opened in 1959. The Piper uniforms are modeled after the 42nd Black Watch, the most famous Scottish Regiment. The band uniforms are a traditional Scottish style, accented with the Royal Stewart Tartan and glengarries. The banner carriers and tall flag members wear a traditional Scottish dancing uniform also with Royal Stewart Plaid.

62. China Airlines Ltd.

Taiwan Dreams Rising

The airline’s 27th entry features seven hot air balloons rising over the mountains of Taiwan. Each balloon depicting “hopes” and “dreams” rising into the new year. The heart-shaped balloon includes collages with images from Taiwanese culture, and represents the Taiwan Tourism Bureau. Asia’s tallest building, Tapei 101, sits among the balloons as they soar high above the city’s skyline. Riders will soar through the majestic landscape as they ride along inside the hot air balloons.

63. Carmel High School Marching Greyhounds

This 244-member band from Carmel, Indiana (pronounced CAR-muhl not Car-MEL like the Northern California city), has performed throughout the country and overseas in London, Vienna and Amsterdam.

64. Public Storage

Adventures in Space

The company’s first Rose Parade float offers a playful pun on the company’s stock in trade. It features a trio of fun-loving extraterrestrials steering a gigantic spacecraft through the streets of Pasadena. For the aliens, discovering life on planet Earth is a dream come true. There’s more than meets the eye to this inventive design, which includes a surprise that will be revealed on New Year’s Day.

65. Homewood Patriot Band

This 320-piece group hails from Homewood, Alabama. Anna Laura Burton has been the volunteer uniform lady since 1972. The 84-year-old inspects all the red, white and blue patriot uniforms to make sure they fit each student perfectly.

66. Calizona Appaloosa Horse Club

This club, which celebrates the appaloosa horse, was formed in 1953. Appaloosas are known for their leopard-spotted hides, and have been shown in artwork from ancient Greece. The American strain was developed by the Nez Perce people of the Pacific Northwest. In 1975, appaloosas were named the state horse of Idaho.

67. Rotary Rose Parade Float Committee, Inc.

Engage Rotary, Change Lives

This festive float begins with a candy cane crossing that leads onto a bridge of candy cane railroad tracks. Atop the tracks is a sweet train made of anything a sweet tooth could desire – candy canes, lollipops, cupcakes, ice cream cones, jelly beans, a gingerbread man. It’s a float that children would absolutely love to take a bite out of. Rotary International has one sweet dream for children of the world – to eradicate polio.

68. Los Angeles Unified School District, All District High School Honor Band

This 360-member band, comprised of high school musicians from throughout the district, has been a part of the Rose Parade since 1972. More than 3,000 LAUSD students have volunteered their time and energy to create this unique sound ensemble of brass and percussion.

69. City of Los Angeles

Endless Entertainment

In Los Angeles’ 116th consecutive Rose Parade entry, the city’s diversity comes to life in the ethnic enclaves of Olvera Street, Chinatown and Watts. The space shuttle Endeavour, now at the California Science Center, leads the float. A pillar that is topped with the Griffith Observatory, a mural of the Walt Disney Concert Hall and mural of Los Angeles Laker Kobe Bryant. The middle of the float features dancers that lead to the front entrance of the iconic Olvera Street. Moving up the second structure is a dragon representing Chinatown; topping the structure are the Watts Towers. The rear pillar contains murals of the TCL Chinese Theater, the Hollywood sign and is topped with the famous Universal Studios Hollywood globe. The rear of the float features palm trees, a Southern California staple.

L.A. Police Chief Charlie Beck, on an appaloosa named Whitewater, and Sheriff Lee Baca on Ringo, a paint-Belgian cross, will lead this group of 28 officers of both law enforcement agencies. The Los Angeles Rangers (Platoon) were formed around 1851 to patrol the often violent and lawless streets of Pueblo de los Angeles. It was disbanded in 1926 and for the next 50 years there were limited examples of mounted police in the city. Then in 1981, a volunteer unit was formed and became a full-time mounted unit in 1987. The Sheriff’s Detail is a little different, going back to the 1980s, when Sheriff Sherman Block suggested a mounted unit for crowd management during the 1984 Olympics. Members are deputies and reserves, using their own horses and equipment, and some may even be selected to train in Ottawa with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

71. SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment

Sea of Surprises

Wide-eyed with wonder, a little boy dives beneath a swirling, cresting wave, where all of his ocean dreams come true as he discovers the colorful Sea of Surprises. The SeaWorld float, encompassing all forms of sea life, is a festive tribute to SeaWorld’s 50th birthday celebration. A curious sea lion looks on as a killer whale family seems to breach from the surf at the front of the float as dolphins play and Gentoo penguins gently bob in the current. The bright whimsical coral reef is teeming with marine animals including starfish, sea anemones, sea horses, sea turtles, manta rays, crabs and fanciful fish.

72. Banda de Música Herberto López Colegio José Daniel Crespo

This is the first trip to the United States for more than 90 percent of the members of this 258-piece band, made up of secondary students from Chitré, Herrera, Republic of Panamá. The dancers wear skirts and headdresses representing the folklore and Panamanian culture.

73. eHarmony

Everlasting Love

Nine-time Grammy winner Natalie Cole will sing her hit and the online dating site’s theme song, “This Will Be,” aboard the company’s first Rose Parade float. Cole will be joined by seven couples who all met through eHarmony and hope to inspire everlasting love. Last year’s Farmers “Love Float” couple, Nicole Angelillo and Gerald Sapienza, who were married during the Rose Parade, also met on eHarmony.

74. St. Augustine High School Marching 100

This 200-piece band from New Orleans has performed for a pope, eight presidents and in several parades and television events. Before 1968, all the Mardi Gras parades were segregated. The Marching 100 was the first African-American Band to march in an all-white parade. They now lead all the Mardi Gras parades.

75. Underground Service Alert of Southern California (DigAlert)

Protecting Your Dream, Right in Your Own Backyard

The fun scene in this float has a serious message: mishaps can happen with do-it-yourself projects. DigAlert and its funding members, approximately 900 Southern California utility companies, warn about potential dangers with this zany float and bring awareness to a free service. A backhoe driven by a madcap dog sporadically jerks and sputters up and down as it moves from side to side in a manicured backyard. Then, oh my gosh, the backhoe hits a main water pipe, and now a torrent of water is flooding the scene.

76. Odd Fellows and Rebekahs

Friendship, Love and Truth

To promote working together to make a difference, the float features a family of birds making their surroundings more beautiful. The Odd Fellows & Rebekahs believe the nature of all our dreams for mankind are “Friendship Love and Truth” – through nature and the sweet songs from our friends the birds.

77. Norwegian Fjord Horse Registry

These horses are one of the world’s oldest and purest breeds, believed to have migrated to Norway more than 4,000 years ago and have existed since after the last ice age. Most of the Norwegian Fjords horses are brown in color and the manes may be a different color in the center than on the exterior. The goal of the NFHR is not only to register and preserve the genetic purity of the breed, but also to educate the public about horses, these in particular. Drivers and outwalkers of the 13 horses will be garbed in traditional costumes known as a Bunad. The riders will wear dressage, hunter or western attire. This is the first Rose Parade appearance for the group, who will be coming from Colorado and Washington states.

78. City of Beverly Hills

City of Beverly Hills Centennial

The city celebrates its 100-year history in this entry, highlighting some of the city’s most iconic imagery including City Hall, the Beverly Hills Shield sign and the Beverly Hills sign at Beverly Gardens Park. More than 5 million visitors travel to Beverly Hills annually to experience the city’s hotels, shopping and dining.

79. McQueen High School Lancer Band

This 146-piece band from Reno, Nevada, comes from the No. 1 high school in the state, according to Newsweek.

80. AIDS Healthcare Foundation

Love is the Best Protection

A rainbow of elegant floral designs cascade down a 15-foot wedding cake. The cake is framed by ornately floral arches and two 3-tiered topiary rose trees. The gay and lesbian communities have been some of the most powerful advocates in the fight for fair treatment and justice since the AIDS crisis began in the 1980s. This entry celebrates the victory of same sex marriage in California and many other states and will feature a gay or lesbian couple being officially married during the parade atop the wedding-themed float.

81. Lutheran Layman’s League

Jesus Welcomes All

Pine trees lead to a stone walkway covered in trees. The church at the rear of the float, is complete with a cross atop a bell tower that rises to 20 feet into the air. The church is complete with stained glass portals that surround it. There will be a dove release from the church at the corner of Orange Grove and Colorado Boulevard during the parade. The motto of Lutheran Hour Ministries is “Bringing Christ to the Nations and the Nations to the Church.”

82. USA Jump Rope, Palpitating Panthers

These 40 elite jumpers come from teams across the country, range from 13 to 32 years old, and are led by Palpitating Panthers from La Canada. Members of USA Jump Rope have worked with various organizations such as the Amateur Athletic Union and the American Heart Association through its Jump Rope For Heart programs. The group is dedicated to the growth of the sport and enabling its members to be leaders in the jump rope and fitness communities.

84. Colony High School Knights Marching Band, THEE Northern Sound

This 79-piece band from Palmer, Alaska, is the only high school marching band in that state, and the only one that has lasted more than two years. They face challenges of variable weather and having to travel long distances to marching shows and competitions. Because of the expense, they can only travel outside the state every two to three years. They performed at President Barack Obama’s first inauguration.

85. Lions Clubs International

Lions Built Matteo’s Dream

Lions Clubs International, the Concord Lions Clubs and the city’s parks, recreation and open space commission, helped build a playground in Concord, named “Matteo’s Dream Playground,” in 2011 in honor of a young boy, who was blind and wheelchair-bound and died in 2010. Matteo dreamed of a playground where kids of “all abilities” can play safely alongside each other. The front of the float features two platform tree house areas, while the rear features two tree house platform areas and a slide. This year’s float has been dedicated to the memory of Matteo.

86. Wingtip to Wingtip Association

Our Eyes are on the Stars

Eight original members of the Women Airforce Service Pilots ride aboard this float serving as a salute the 1,102 brave women who served during WWII from 1942 to 1944. They were the first women in history to fly for the U.S. military, technically as civil service employees but still subject to military discipline. Thirty-eight WASP pilots lost their lives while serving. The float features a sculpture of the pilot wings worn by the women; a bronze model of the WASP Trainee statue originally sculpted by Dorothy “Dot” Swain Lewis, a WASP; scaled replica of an AT-6, a plane flown by WASP during their service; a rotating hexagon with six floral-graphs including a female gremlin Fifinella, the official WASP mascot worn on the pilot’s shoulder patches, originally conceived by Roald Dahl and given to the WASP by Walt Disney in 1942; and Nancy Love, executive commanding officer for all WASP ferrying operations. Love was the first woman in aviation history to make a flight around the world.

87. All American Cowgirl Chicks

Dressed in red, white and blue; riding Roman (standing on their galloping steeds) with American flags; dismounting and singing “The Star-Spangled Banner”; and supporting the cure for breast cancer. What’s not to like about this amazing and energetic equestrian drill team from Texas? And, many of their horses are rescues.

88. RFD-TV

You Make My Dreams Come True

This 55-foot float is an ode to musician Daryl Hall and his show “Live from Daryl’s House,” which can be seen on RFD-TV and Family Net. It depicts settings from Daryl’s house on his Huckleberry Farm estate in New York. The front features a room used as a recording studio, and where Hall and his band will play live during the parade. The back part of the room is fashioned after the kitchen seen in the show. Behind the great room is a porch swing that will feature Hall’s family members, complete with decorated cats that Hall has featured on his shows. Follow the vibrant meadow to a replica of Hall’s estate, which is the house where “Live from Daryl’s House” is filmed.

89. Parade Closing Program

In commemoration of the 100th Rose Bowl game, the TofR features a special program to honor great players and coaches throughout the history of “the granddaddy of them all.” The Football Writers Association of America selected a representative from each decade for an “All-Century Class.” The closing float honors these legends on the big screen by showcasing their great plays from the past 99 games. Flanking the video presentation are members of the Xpogo Stunt Team, an international, award-winning extreme pogo performance group with 13 Guinness world records to their credit. Members of the Spirit Team from Agoura High School in Agoura cheer along as well.